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Cultural Resource Management and Archaeology at Chiang Saen, Northern Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2011

Sawang Lertrit
Sawang Lertrit
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Silpakorn University
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Abstract

Using Chiang Saen in northern Thailand as a case study, this paper describes the practice of archaeology as conducted by the Thai Fine Arts Department. In particular, it examines how the Chiang Saen archaeological site has been treated under the rubric of “cultural resource management”.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , March 2000 , pp. 137 - 161
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 2000

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